Wind-wheel



W. B. MYERS. .WIND WHEEL No. 472,763. PatentedApr.1 2,189Z.

John G. Mqnahan (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

w. B MYERS. WIND WHEEL. No. 472,763. Patented Apr. 12, 1892.

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IVILLIAM B. vMYERS, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

WIND-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,763, dated April 12, 1892.

Application filed March 30, 1891- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wind-WVheels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wind wheels, in which a series of smaller wind-wheels, pivotally seated in the windward face of the main wheel by means of short shafts projected horizontally through the arms of the main wheel, provided with a bevel-pinion at their rear extremities, which, by en gagement with a similar bevel-pinion seated on a long shaft pivoted radially at its inner end in the hub of the main wheel and provided near its inner end with a second bevel-pinion adapted to engage and traversealarger bevelgear rigidly seated on the frameof the structure and extending loosely around the shaft of the main wheel, assists to rotate the main wheel; and the objectsof my improvement are, first, to rigidly seat on the frame of the structure a stationary collar provided at its outer surface with a bevel-gear, and, second, by means of the radial shafts which are operated by the smaller wind-wheels, respectively, to afford a fulcrum by which said shafts wheel to assist in the rotation of the latter. I

attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- Figure l is a front view of a Wind-wheel provided with my invention. Fig. 2 isa side elevation in detail.

Similar letters and figures refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As my invention has reference merely to improvements in augmenting the power of the wind-wheel and the connection of such improvements with the driving mechanism, and my invention is applicable to any of the Serial No. 387,006. (No model.)

well-known types of utilizing the force of the wind, and the residue of the necessary parts ficient resisting-surface to the wind. An objection to this magnitude of the wheel, aside from its expense and great weight, has been that its movement, by reason of its size, was necessarily slow, and in order-to obtain the essential velocity of the attached machinery there was required interposed series of gears to obtain the necessary speed of the machinery driven.

In my invention it is designed to utilize as the large wheel one of ordinary size and-to A represents the usual tower, having on its upper endthe rigid cap B.

C is a usual turn-table, consisting oftthe;

horizontal portion 1 and upward-projecting ends 2 2 and suitably pivoted centrally upon the capB by means of a hollow stud 3,- centrally formed on thebottom of said table and M M M M are rotating shafts Fournaled, respectively, at their inner ends 'n the hub G,

and extending radially therefrom to a point adjacent, respectively, to the/pinions L and there journaled in brackets N, seated on the arms J and provided with-pinions O,adapted to be engaged and actuated by the pinions L on small wind-wheel shaft, respectively. The opposite or inner end of the shaft M is provided with a bevel-pinion P, adapted to env gage and traverse the gear-face formed on: the outer S i'dQ'Of the rigid collar F. As thus arranged it is evident that the rotation of the small wheels H will cause the pinion P to travel around the "collar F and cause the wheels H to swing around in a circle with the shafts M as a radius. As the wheels H are each secured tothelarger wheel D, their rotation will thus be transferred to the larger wheels and cause it to. travel faster than it would if it were not for. the rotation of the smaller wheels. Consequently the speed of the larger wheel can be increased without increasing its size by simply gearing the small wheels to the collar, so that passage of the wind through the vanes of the smaller wheels will cause them to swing around in a circle faster than the large wheel would turn with the wind passing through its vanes at the same rate as it passes through the small wheels.

R is a bevel-pinion rigidly seated on the shaft E intermediate the ends 2 of the table 0 and adapted to engage and actuate a similar bevel-pinion .S, pivotally seated on the upper surface of the part 1 of said table and near one end of thelatter. The shaft of the pinion S, which is carried with it, also carries a sprocket-Wheel T, from which a sprocket-chain V communicates rotation to asprocket-wheel W, rigidly seated on the shaft Y,

journaled at its upper end to the table T and in any suitable manner at its lower end in the tower A and connectedin any suitable mode to the machinery to be driven.

The wheel D and auxiliary wheels H may.

be constructed of any of the usual forms.

' I do not confine myself to the numberof auxiliary wheels H here shown, as my invention can be utilized with a greater or less number of said wheels.

What I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination of a wind-wheel D, auxiliary wind-wheels I-I, seated in the arms thereof and provided with shafts K and pinions L, rigid gear-collar F, shaft E through said collar, and shafts M, pivoted at one end in the hub G of wheel D andat the other end to the arm J thereof and provided with pinions P and O, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. The combina tionof the t'urn-tableC, pivotally seated on the tower A, shaft E, journaled in said table, collar F, rigidly seated on said table around said shaft, wheel D, rigidly seated on shaft E, shafts K, jo'urnaled transversely in the arms of wheel D and provided with pinion L, auxiliary wheels I-I', rigidly seated on shaft L, and'shaft M, journaled at one end in the hub of wheel D and at the other end to'the arm of said wheel and provided with pinions O and P, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the table 0, collar F, rigidly seated thereon, horizontal shaft E,

journaled in said table loosely through said collar and provided with pinion R, windwheel D, rigidly seated on said shaft, Wind- E wheel 11, j-ournaled on wheel D, shaft K, pro- I vided with pinions L, shaft M, provided with pinions O and P, and mechanism, substant-ially as shown, for c'onnecti-ng pinion R with any suitable machinery, for the purpose specified.

4. In a wind-wheel, the combination of a main wind-wheel, auxiliary smaller windwheels journaled on the arms of said main wheel, and interposed mechanism, substantially as shown, to connect the rotation of said :auxiliary wheels to that of said main wheel, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. MYERS.

Witnesses:-

JOHN G. MANAHAN, ADDA E. WARD.

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